September 6, 2012
9:44 p.m.

September 6, 2012
9:45 p.m.

Yeah it's hard to imagine running Golgari without Vraska the Unseen
, but I want to playtest without her first. She doesn't synergize with the rest of the deck in any particularly awesome way, she's just a superstar on her own.

I was considering Slitherhead
as a one-drop... I would like to avoid Arbor Elf
in favour of some of the new stuff, my Defender Ramp team. Slitherhead has the synergy to fit in, and I believe I need Lotleth Troll in the two-drop slot, so I have to figure a few things out there.

September 6, 2012
9:51 p.m.

September 6, 2012
9:51 p.m.

September 6, 2012
9:54 p.m.

Thanks! I subbed in two Lotleth Troll
s for two Gatecreeper Vine
s, because they are insanely awesome... but I'm already having doubts. The original plan for this deck involves bringing out my creatures and sacrificing them with Jarad and the Guildmage... the Troll bypasses the battlefield by making me discard... yes, I'm going to have to make two separate decks. Just decided.

September 9, 2012
1:15 a.m.

September 9, 2012
4:42 a.m.

The Lotleth Troll
/Gravecrawler
(or /Veilborn Ghoul
!) is for another deck. That troll is mega-powerful, and Gravecrawler would end up ion play eventually, but a deck should not have such conflicting mechanics.

September 14, 2012
11:39 p.m.

I think I will do that... and I'm going to take out the Gatecreeper Vine
s and Axebane Guardian
s too... Defender Mana Ramp has been underwhelming so far... I'm interested to see it work, but I think we need more cards spoiled.

September 15, 2012
9:32 a.m.

Ok, I have updated the deck to its current physical form (except I only have two Overgrown Tomb
s right now). Looks like there's still some Defender ramp/mana fixing in there, but I could easily see them coming out for more Abrupt Decay
or for Increasing Savagery
and Rancor
. I'll playtest both this week and maybe take this deck to FNM if it seems really scary.

I'll want to sideboard some serious enchantment destruction in case of Rest in Peace
, because that card is amazing for shutting down decks just like this!

Land (24)

Sorcery (6)

Enchantment (5)

5x Rancor

Instant (3)

1x Abrupt&emsp13;Decay

2x Murder

Artifact (2)

2x Golgari&emsp13;Keyrune

Maybeboard (5)

1x Gravecrawler

1x Splinterfright

1x Veilborn&emsp13;Ghoul

1x Vorapede

1x Zombie&emsp13;Apocalypse

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